Ursinus College: A History of its First Hundred Years

A history of the origin and founding of Ursinus College and of its first century.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/yosthistory/1000/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 15, 1940

All-Ursinus conference will present host of speakers on sports, science, folk lore • Seven junior men honored by Cub and Key at prom • Weekly attains recognition at collegiate news convention • Girls\u27 basketball team elects Blanche Schultz to captaincy • I.R.C. admits four; discuss Balkan crisis • Ursinus to represent Michigan at conference • Faith in man and God urged at Jr. vespers • Juniors join comic with serious in Outward bound performance • Three represent the college at political science academy • Dubuque heads debaters • Pre-legalites to hear High • TKA to meet at Bucknell • Crowded slum areas studied on Y trip • Cindermen start season with triangular meet • Dr. Tyson will talk tennis at phys. ed. meeting here Wed. • Ball team will travel for opener at Lehigh • Snell racqueteers meet Penn squad on May 3 • Brotherhood elects Knettler, Adams, and Zetty to offices • Three fraternities choose heads for 1940-41 year • English Club hears review • Women\u27s Club to hear program by playwrighthttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1840/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 2, 1929

Directors hold their annual fall meeting • Women\u27s Debating Club meets at Maples Monday • Dr. Titus A. Alspach \u2707 delivers chapel sermon • Men\u27s student council tries many freshmen • Albright beats bears in last game of season 18-0 • Y.M.C.A. holds second pep smoker for team • Girls down Drexel by 3-2 score in last game • Vocal recital given by college music students • Rapid progress is being made on Schaff play • Advance registrations for next year are large • Engagement of Margaret A. Johnson is announced • Large group of students to hear Faust Thursday • Girls\u27 hockey team ends very successful season • Physics journal club is organized by students • Board of Control plans Christmas entertainment • Dramatic Club decides to have more programs • English group presents new fiction to library • Sophs and frosh to hold annual gridiron battlehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2134/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, June 10, 1929

College year closes with fifty-ninth commencement exercises • Baccalaureate sermon is given by Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D. D. • Class of 1929 frolics at annual Class Day held in Bomberger • Frederic William Wile delivers address at annual commencement • Junior oratorical contest held on Friday evening • Annual alumni banquet is successful event • Board of Directors holds annual meeting • Portrait of president is presented and unveiled • Alumni Association holds annual session Saturday • Annual business meeting of Ursinus Woman\u27s Club • College chorus presents oratorio, Ruth by Gaul • Y summer conference to be held at Eagles Mere • Many social events are scheduled for next term • Commencement prizes and the prize winners • Memorial service for David Charles Murtha • Alumni athletic club holds annual luncheon • Sixty-six graduates receive their degrees • President\u27s reception held in Alumni Library • Seniors banquet at the Spring Mountain House • Tennis team banquets and elects its captain • Band concert is given on west campus Mondayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2188/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 7, 1930

Festivities of Zwing anniversary are observed in traditional way • Sixty-first anniversary of founding of Ursinus College is celebrated • College directors meet in postponed session • Committees prepared for approaching junior prom • Bears beaten by Lehigh in diamond opener, 8-7 • Coed courtwomen break even in season\u27s play • Woman\u27s Club presents Founders\u27 Day program • Gym students to hold Greek games Wednesday • English Club discusses travel books Wednesday • Webster forensic society elects 1930-31 officers • Council elections held; Anne Connor, president • Operatic ensemble will present concert here • Herbert Howells \u2723 speaks at joint YW-YM meeting • Lehigh wins decision in Kellogg Pact debate • Girls at Fircroft stage novel April fool party • Reading alumni body holds benefit dance • Miss Alida Finch speaks at WSGA mass meeting • Frosh coeds beaten by sophs in annual contest • Catalogue and memorial Bulletin are releasedhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2148/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 15, 1929

Annual athletic bazaar an enjoyable event • Josephine Riddell \u2729 is queen of May pageant • York-Adams alumni body banquets Friday night • Annual color ceremony held in Bomberger Hall • Bears defeat Haverford in first home game of season, score 5-4 • Sophomores easily win interclass track meet • Y.M.C.A. elects Sando \u2731 president for 1929-30 • Mrs. Johnson hostess to women\u27s dorm committee • Alice Cassel \u2730 will head Y.W.C.A. next year • Date of junior prom is changed to May 17 • Classes in Bible and church history resumed • Senior class selects the Class Day orators • Annual minstrel show to be given next Saturday • Webster forensic club • Movie, High school hero, shown Wednesday evening • Senior ball to be held on Saturday, April 26 • Geraldine Ohl \u2730 will lead basketball team • Dramatic Club presents play, Wurzel-flummery • Sophomore girls elect May queen attendant • I.N.A. spring convention will meet at Allentown • Girls tennis tournament to be opened this week • Perkiomen defeats frosh in short game, score 13-6 • Weekly staff meetinghttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2180/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 7, 1929

Clarence E. McCormick dies Saturday evening • Alliene DeChant speaks at joint Y meeting Wednesday • Bears battle to scoreless tie with Haverford gridders on Saturday • Library receives the new Encyclopedia Britannica • Bears face Delaware in contest Saturday • Student council news • Ursinus Woman\u27s Club to hold pep meeting here • Captain Helffrich receives encouraging messages • Frosh lose to Perkiomen school in opening game • Hess elected to council • Some recent books of interest • Seniors elect officers for the first semester • Literary spirits hold convivial meeting Thursday • Business ideas are too basic • Hockey team loses pre-season game with Collegeville High Schoolhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2126/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 22, 1937

Men debaters go on tour of four colleges; women are busy at home throughout week • Student council lays penalties • Sororities pledge flushed freshmen after hectic week • Congressman Ditter to speak at forum • Large crowd hails Curtain Club show • Try-outs for junior play to be held this evening • College receives $18,000 in Sarah Leiphart will • Y panel group discusses negro-versus-white topic • Sociological survey journey is planned for after Easter • Professor Baker speaks at vespers in Bomberger • Yost reviews McClure-Holzknecht Shakespeare set; second vol., just printed, wins graphic arts award • Philadelphia alumni plan banquet; committee meets • Placement bureau reports jobs for seniors, grads • Contest for radio script writing is opened to all major colleges • Hedgerow, praised before, comes to perform again • Lehigh begins new course named general education • Lantern issue will appear in March; copy is solicited • Don Kellett\u27s cubs defeat Penn, 36-30 • Haverford gets close one, Hopkins wins, as injuries still plague bear matmen • Mules hand varsity team its eighth league defeat • Drexel six go down, 34-7, before co-eds\u27 onslaught • Both teams lose battles at Albright on Wednesday • Brotherhood of St. Paul meets; appoints two deputationshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1922/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 4, 1929

Personality is theme of address by Dr. Lynch • Entertainment course of year is announced • Bears bow to Rutgers University in exciting and close game 19-13 • Senior Hallowe\u27en ball is a memorable event • Regional conference of Y is held at Reading • Hockey team defeats Glassboro Normal 5-0 • Numerals and letters awarded by Women\u27s Athletic Association • Allentown Prep noses out frosh gridders 7-0 • Susquehanna is next opponent of Ursinus • Senior class to present New Brooms , Saturday • Dr. Isenberg gives his impressions of Europe • Old timers\u27 and Fathers\u27 days are drawing near • Social life committee established by faculty • Music Club decides to present an operetta • Dramatic Club holds a business session Monday • Schwab commends small college at dedication • Pep meeting is spirited despite poor attendance • Benefactor of Ursinus College dies suddenly • Men\u27s Debating Club holds an open forum discussion • Women\u27s Debating Club discusses peace pact • Students put on program at Norristown, Friday • Dr. Lynch is entertainedhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2130/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 13, 1929

East campus is scene of revelry and sport at annual May pageant • New York alumni form a local organization • Bears break even on week\u27s games --winning twice and losing twice • Schuylkill takes meet from Ursinus runners • Second annual mothers\u27 dinner held Saturday • Novel informal dance held Saturday night • Co-eds tennis team wins against Swarthmore 4-1 • Miss Florence Jackson lectures on vocations • Junior prom to be held in gymnasium Friday evening • Tennis team breaks even in four matches of week • Mortgage on athletic club willed to college • Concert will be given by Curtis Institute May 20 • Prize in German department is endowed by Mrs. Lentz • Council nomination • Negative team wins in debate with Albright • Juniors and sophomores nominate councilmen • Katherine Tower \u2730 will edit 1930 Y handbook • Coeds entertained at tea by Mrs. E. S. Fretz, Thursday • Frosh track men take third place in F. & M. meet • Hill School is beaten by frosh twirlers 7-5 • Frosh team is victor over Lansdale High 15-5https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/2184/thumbnail.jp